clemastine fumarate

[klem-uh-steen fyoo-muh-reyt]

clem·a·stine fu·ma·rate

[klem-uh-steen fyoo-muh-reyt]
noun Pharmacology.
an antihistamine, C25H30ClNO5, that has drying and some sedative effects, used for symptomatic relief of allergy.

Origin:
perhaps a rearrangement of meclastine an alternate name, perhaps me(thyl) + c(h)l(oro)- + -astine, alteration and shortening of antihistamine
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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